Gumi-si to Implement Early Life Health Management Project Starting August

Providing Customized Health Management Services for Pregnant Women and Infants Under 24 Months

Comprehensive Care and Nurturing Environment Creation to Support Healthy Growth and Development of Children

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk Province will operate the ‘Early Life Health Management Project’ starting in August, targeting pregnant women and families with infants under 24 months old.

Gumi Public Health Center.

The Early Life Health Management Project is a program that provides customized health management services with the goal of ‘an equitable start for a healthy future.’

Health nurses and social workers from public health centers visit homes to check the health status of pregnant women and infants, monitor growth and development, provide parenting education, offer emotional support, and conduct postpartum depression counseling.

This year, the project will be conducted as a pilot program, targeting pregnant women and families with infants under 24 months living in the same area. Anyone can apply regardless of income level, and the service is free of charge. Applications can be made by visiting the maternal and child health offices at Gumi Public Health Center or Indong Health Branch and filling out the pregnant woman registration form, or by phone.

The city evaluates the health of the participants and divides the services into basic visits and continuous visits. Basic visits target mothers within 8 weeks after childbirth and include health consultations on nutrition, exercise, and sleep, depression assessments, emotional support, monitoring of newborn health and development, and education on breastfeeding and baby care.

Continuous visits provide counseling and education through home visits for pregnant women experiencing depression or stress, supporting the healthy growth and development of the child until they reach 24 months of age.

Choi Hyun-joo, director of Gumi Public Health Center, said, “We will strive to support a healthy start for children by providing preventive service support during infancy, a critical period sensitive to intelligence, behavior, and emotional development, which is the starting point of health.”

Gumi Public Health Center was selected for a Ministry of Health and Welfare public contest project last March, formed a dedicated team of three nurses and one social worker, completed specialized training in July, and is steadily preparing for the full-scale launch of the project in August.

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